Clippy

.github/workflows/CICD.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Extract crate metadata
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Extract crate information
       id: crate_metadata
       run: |
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ jobs:
 
   ensure_cargo_fmt:
     name: Ensure 'cargo fmt' has been run
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
       with:
         components: rustfmt
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: cargo fmt -- --check
 
   min_version:
     name: Minimum supported rust version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     needs: crate_metadata
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Install rust toolchain (v${{ needs.crate_metadata.outputs.msrv }})
       uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
@@ -78,24 +78,23 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         job:
-          - { target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu   , os: ubuntu-24.04, use-cross: true }
-          - { target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl  , os: ubuntu-24.04, use-cross: true }
-          - { target: arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf , os: ubuntu-24.04, use-cross: true }
-          - { target: arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf, os: ubuntu-24.04, use-cross: true }
-          - { target: i686-pc-windows-msvc        , os: windows-2022                  }
-          - { target: i686-unknown-linux-gnu      , os: ubuntu-24.04, use-cross: true }
-          - { target: i686-unknown-linux-musl     , os: ubuntu-24.04, use-cross: true }
-          - { target: x86_64-apple-darwin         , os: macos-15                      }
-          - { target: aarch64-apple-darwin        , os: macos-15                      }
-          # - { target: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu       , os: windows-2022                  }
-          - { target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc      , os: windows-2022                  }
-          - { target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu    , os: ubuntu-24.04, use-cross: true }
-          - { target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl   , os: ubuntu-24.04, use-cross: true }
+          - { target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu   , os: ubuntu-20.04, use-cross: true }
+          - { target: aarch64-apple-darwin        , os: macos-14                      }
+          - { target: arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf , os: ubuntu-20.04, use-cross: true }
+          - { target: arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf, os: ubuntu-20.04, use-cross: true }
+          - { target: i686-pc-windows-msvc        , os: windows-2019                  }
+          - { target: i686-unknown-linux-gnu      , os: ubuntu-20.04, use-cross: true }
+          - { target: i686-unknown-linux-musl     , os: ubuntu-20.04, use-cross: true }
+          - { target: x86_64-apple-darwin         , os: macos-12                      }
+          # - { target: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu       , os: windows-2019                  }
+          - { target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc      , os: windows-2019                  }
+          - { target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu    , os: ubuntu-20.04, use-cross: true }
+          - { target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl   , os: ubuntu-20.04, use-cross: true }
     env:
       BUILD_CMD: cargo
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Install prerequisites
       shell: bash

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
-# v1.20.0
-
-## Features
-
-- Add `--reference-name` option to give a meaningful name to the reference command, see #808 (@niklasdewally)
-- The `--ignore-failure` option now supports a comma-separated list of exit codes to ignore (e.g., `--ignore-failure=1,2`), see #836 (@sharkdp)
-- Python scripts: Add `--time-unit` option to `advanced_statistics.py` (@sharkdp)
-- Python scripts: Add new `plot_benchmarks.py` script for plotting collections of benchmarks, see #806 (@marxin)
-
-## Bugfixes
-
-- Fix bug where naming individual commands with parameter scan was not working correctly, see #794 (@teofr)
-
-## Other
-
-- Restrict `cat` tests to Unix environments, see #776 and #777 (@ritvikos)
-
 # v1.19.0
 
 ## Features

CITATION.cff

@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ authors:
 repository-code: 'https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine'
 abstract: A command-line benchmarking tool.
 license: MIT
-version: 1.20.0
-date-released: '2025-11-18'
+version: 1.16.1
+date-released: '2023-03-21'

Cargo.toml

@@ -7,26 +7,25 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "hyperfine"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine"
-version = "1.20.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition = "2018"
 build = "build.rs"
-rust-version = "1.97.0"
+rust-version = "1.76.0"
 
 [features]
 # Use the nightly feature windows_process_extensions_main_thread_handle
 windows_process_extensions_main_thread_handle = []
 
 [dependencies]
-colored = "3.1"
-# Newer versions regress ETA estimates: https://github.com/console-rs/indicatif/issues/580
+colored = "2.1"
 indicatif = "=0.17.4"
 statistical = "1.0"
-csv = "1.4"
+csv = "1.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-rust_decimal = "1.43"
-rand = "0.10"
-shell-words = "1.1"
+rust_decimal = "1.36"
+rand = "0.8"
+shell-words = "1.0"
 thiserror = "2.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 libc = "0.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows-sys = { version = "0.61", features = [
+windows-sys = { version = "0.59", features = [
     "Win32_Foundation",
     "Win32_Security",
     "Win32_System_JobObjects",
@@ -43,10 +42,10 @@ windows-sys = { version = "0.61", features = [
 ] }
 
 [target.'cfg(all(windows, not(windows_process_extensions_main_thread_handle)))'.dependencies]
-once_cell = "1.21"
+once_cell = "1.19"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os="linux")'.dependencies]
-nix = { version = "0.31", features = ["zerocopy"] }
+nix = { version = "0.29", features = ["zerocopy"] }
 
 [dependencies.clap]
 version = "4"
@@ -63,18 +62,18 @@ features = [
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 approx = "0.5"
-assert_cmd = "2.2"
-insta = { version = "1.48", features = ["yaml"] }
-predicates = "3.1"
-tempfile = "3.27"
+assert_cmd = "2.0"
+insta = { version = "1.41.1", features = ["yaml"] }
+predicates = "3.0"
+tempfile = "3.14"
 
 [profile.dev.package]
 insta.opt-level = 3
 similar.opt-level = 3
 
 [build-dependencies]
-clap = "4.6"
-clap_complete = "4.6"
+clap = "4.4.12"
+clap_complete = "4.2.1"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true

README.md

@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ If you want to run a benchmark *without an intermediate shell*, you can use the
 option. This is helpful for very fast commands (< 5 ms) where the shell startup overhead correction would
 produce a significant amount of noise. Note that you cannot use shell syntax like `*` or `~` in this case.
 ```
-hyperfine -N 'grep -R TODO /home/user'
+hyperfine -N 'grep TODO /home/user'
 ```
 
 
-### Shell functions
+### Shell functions and aliases
 
 If you are using bash, you can export shell functions to directly benchmark them with hyperfine:
 
@@ -118,10 +118,13 @@ export -f my_function
 hyperfine --shell=bash my_function
 ```
 
-Otherwise, inline the function into the benchmarked command:
+Otherwise, inline them into or source them from the benchmarked program:
 
 ```sh
 hyperfine 'my_function() { sleep 1; }; my_function'
+
+echo 'alias my_alias="sleep 1"' > /tmp/my_alias.sh
+hyperfine '. /tmp/my_alias.sh; my_alias'
 ```
 
 ### Exporting results
@@ -164,15 +167,11 @@ like `--warmup`, `--prepare <cmd>`, `--setup <cmd>` or `--cleanup <cmd>`:
 
 ### On Ubuntu
 
-On Ubuntu, hyperfine can be installed [from the official repositories](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-hyperfine):
+Download the appropriate `.deb` package from the [Release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine/releases)
+and install it via `dpkg`:
 ```
-apt install hyperfine
-```
-
-Alternatively, for the latest version, you can download the appropriate `.deb` package from the [Release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine/releases) and install it via `dpkg`:
-```
-wget https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine/releases/download/v1.20.0/hyperfine_1.20.0_amd64.deb
-sudo dpkg -i hyperfine_1.20.0_amd64.deb
+wget https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine/releases/download/v1.19.0/hyperfine_1.19.0_amd64.deb
+sudo dpkg -i hyperfine_1.19.0_amd64.deb
 ```
 
 ### On Fedora
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ pacman -S hyperfine
 
 ### On Debian Linux
 
-On Debian Linux, hyperfine can be installed [from the official repositories](https://packages.debian.org/hyperfine):
+On Debian Linux, hyperfine can be installed [from the testing repositories](https://packages.debian.org/testing/main/hyperfine):
 ```
 apt install hyperfine
 ```
@@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ Hyperfine can be installed from source via [cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/car
 cargo install --locked hyperfine
 ```
 
-Make sure that you use Rust 1.97 or newer.
+Make sure that you use Rust 1.76 or newer.
 
 ### From binaries (Linux, macOS, Windows)
 
@@ -320,9 +319,6 @@ visualize changes in benchmark timings across your Git history.
 [Bencher](https://github.com/bencherdev/bencher) is a continuous benchmarking tool that supports `hyperfine` to
 track benchmarks and catch performance regressions in CI.
 
-Drop hyperfine JSON outputs onto the [Venz](https://try.venz.dev) chart to visualize the results,
-and manage hyperfine configurations.
-
 Make sure to check out the [`scripts` folder](https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine/tree/master/scripts)
 in this repository for a set of tools to work with `hyperfine` benchmark results.
 

doc/hyperfine.1

@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ The \fB\-\-prepare\fR option can be specified once for all commands or multiple
 once for each command. In the latter case, each preparation command will be
 run prior to the corresponding benchmark command.
 .HP
-\fB\-\-conclude\fR \fICMD...\fP
 .IP
 Execute \fICMD\fP after each timing run. This is useful for clearing disk caches,
 for example.
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ Execute \fICMD\fP after the completion of all benchmarking runs for each individ
 command to be benchmarked. This is useful if the commands to be benchmarked
 produce artifacts that need to be cleaned up. It only runs once a series of
 benchmark runs, as opposed to \fB\-\-conclude\fR option which runs after
-every run.
+ever run.
 .HP
 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-parameter\-scan\fR \fIVAR\fP \fIMIN\fP \fIMAX\fP
 .IP

scripts/plot_benchmark_comparison.py

@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# /// script
-# requires-python = ">=3.10"
-# dependencies = [
-#     "matplotlib",
-#     "pyqt6",
-#     "numpy",
-# ]
-# ///
-
-"""
-This script shows `hyperfine` benchmark results as a bar plot grouped by command.
-Note all the input files must contain results for all commands.
-"""
-
-import argparse
-import json
-import pathlib
-
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import numpy as np
-
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "files", nargs="+", type=pathlib.Path, help="JSON files with benchmark results"
-)
-parser.add_argument("--title", help="Plot Title")
-parser.add_argument(
-    "--benchmark-names", nargs="+", help="Names of the benchmark groups"
-)
-parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="Save image to the given filename")
-
-args = parser.parse_args()
-
-commands = None
-data = []
-inputs = []
-
-if args.benchmark_names:
-    assert len(args.files) == len(
-        args.benchmark_names
-    ), "Number of benchmark names must match the number of input files."
-
-for i, filename in enumerate(args.files):
-    with open(filename) as f:
-        results = json.load(f)["results"]
-    benchmark_commands = [b["command"] for b in results]
-    if commands is None:
-        commands = benchmark_commands
-    else:
-        assert (
-            commands == benchmark_commands
-        ), f"Unexpected commands in {filename}: {benchmark_commands}, expected: {commands}"
-    data.append([round(b["mean"], 2) for b in results])
-    if args.benchmark_names:
-        inputs.append(args.benchmark_names[i])
-    else:
-        inputs.append(filename.stem)
-
-data = np.transpose(data)
-x = np.arange(len(inputs))  # the label locations
-width = 0.25  # the width of the bars
-
-fig, ax = plt.subplots(layout="constrained")
-fig.set_figheight(5)
-fig.set_figwidth(10)
-for i, command in enumerate(commands):
-    offset = width * (i + 1)
-    rects = ax.bar(x + offset, data[i], width, label=command)
-
-ax.set_xticks(x + 0.5, inputs)
-ax.grid(visible=True, axis="y")
-
-if args.title:
-    plt.title(args.title)
-plt.xlabel("Benchmark")
-plt.ylabel("Time [s]")
-plt.legend(title="Command")
-
-if args.output:
-    plt.savefig(args.output)
-else:
-    plt.show()

src/benchmark/executor.rs

@@ -79,41 +79,23 @@ fn run_command_and_measure_common(
     let result = execute_and_measure(command)
         .with_context(|| format!("Failed to run command '{command_name}'"))?;
 
-    if !result.status.success() {
-        use crate::util::exit_code::extract_exit_code;
-
-        let should_fail = match command_failure_action {
-            CmdFailureAction::RaiseError => true,
-            CmdFailureAction::IgnoreAllFailures => false,
-            CmdFailureAction::IgnoreSpecificFailures(ref codes) => {
-                // Only fail if the exit code is not in the list of codes to ignore
-                if let Some(exit_code) = extract_exit_code(result.status) {
-                    !codes.contains(&exit_code)
-                } else {
-                    // If we can't extract an exit code, treat it as a failure
-                    true
-                }
-            }
+    if command_failure_action == CmdFailureAction::RaiseError && !result.status.success() {
+        let when = match iteration {
+            BenchmarkIteration::NonBenchmarkRun => "a non-benchmark run".to_string(),
+            BenchmarkIteration::Warmup(0) => "the first warmup run".to_string(),
+            BenchmarkIteration::Warmup(i) => format!("warmup iteration {i}"),
+            BenchmarkIteration::Benchmark(0) => "the first benchmark run".to_string(),
+            BenchmarkIteration::Benchmark(i) => format!("benchmark iteration {i}"),
         };
+        bail!(
+            "{cause} in {when}. Use the '-i'/'--ignore-failure' option if you want to ignore this. \
+            Alternatively, use the '--show-output' option to debug what went wrong.",
+            cause=result.status.code().map_or(
+                "The process has been terminated by a signal".into(),
+                |c| format!("Command terminated with non-zero exit code {c}")
 
-        if should_fail {
-            let when = match iteration {
-                BenchmarkIteration::NonBenchmarkRun => "a non-benchmark run".to_string(),
-                BenchmarkIteration::Warmup(0) => "the first warmup run".to_string(),
-                BenchmarkIteration::Warmup(i) => format!("warmup iteration {i}"),
-                BenchmarkIteration::Benchmark(0) => "the first benchmark run".to_string(),
-                BenchmarkIteration::Benchmark(i) => format!("benchmark iteration {i}"),
-            };
-            bail!(
-                "{cause} in {when}. Use the '-i'/'--ignore-failure' option if you want to ignore this. \
-                Alternatively, use the '--show-output' option to debug what went wrong.",
-                cause=result.status.code().map_or(
-                    "The process has been terminated by a signal".into(),
-                    |c| format!("Command terminated with non-zero exit code {c}")
-
-                ),
-            );
-        }
+            ),
+        );
     }
 
     Ok(result)
@@ -140,7 +122,7 @@ impl Executor for RawExecutor<'_> {
         let result = run_command_and_measure_common(
             command.get_command()?,
             iteration,
-            command_failure_action.unwrap_or_else(|| self.options.command_failure_action.clone()),
+            command_failure_action.unwrap_or(self.options.command_failure_action),
             &self.options.command_input_policy,
             output_policy,
             &command.get_command_line(),
@@ -205,7 +187,7 @@ impl Executor for ShellExecutor<'_> {
         let mut result = run_command_and_measure_common(
             command_builder,
             iteration,
-            command_failure_action.unwrap_or_else(|| self.options.command_failure_action.clone()),
+            command_failure_action.unwrap_or(self.options.command_failure_action),
             &self.options.command_input_policy,
             output_policy,
             &command.get_command_line(),

src/benchmark/mod.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ pub mod scheduler;
 pub mod timing_result;
 
 use std::cmp;
-use std::io::{self, Write};
 
 use crate::benchmark::executor::BenchmarkIteration;
 use crate::command::Command;
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ use crate::options::{
     CmdFailureAction, CommandOutputPolicy, ExecutorKind, Options, OutputStyleOption,
 };
 use crate::outlier_detection::{modified_zscores, OUTLIER_THRESHOLD};
-use crate::output::console_writeln;
 use crate::output::format::{format_duration, format_duration_unit};
 use crate::output::progress_bar::get_progress_bar;
 use crate::output::warnings::{OutlierWarningOptions, Warnings};
@@ -142,13 +140,12 @@ impl<'a> Benchmark<'a> {
     /// Run the benchmark for a single command
     pub fn run(&self) -> Result<BenchmarkResult> {
         if self.options.output_style != OutputStyleOption::Disabled {
-            console_writeln!(
-                io::stdout(),
+            println!(
                 "{}{}: {}",
                 "Benchmark ".bold(),
                 (self.number + 1).to_string().bold(),
                 self.command.get_name_with_unused_parameters(),
-            )?;
+            );
         }
 
         let mut times_real: Vec<Second> = vec![];
@@ -361,22 +358,19 @@ impl<'a> Benchmark<'a> {
         let system_str = format_duration(system_mean, Some(time_unit));
 
         if self.options.output_style != OutputStyleOption::Disabled {
-            let mut stdout = io::stdout().lock();
             if times_real.len() == 1 {
-                console_writeln!(
-                    stdout,
+                println!(
                     "  Time ({} ≡):        {:>8}  {:>8}     [User: {}, System: {}]",
                     "abs".green().bold(),
                     mean_str.green().bold(),
                     "        ", // alignment
                     user_str.blue(),
                     system_str.blue()
-                )?;
+                );
             } else {
                 let stddev_str = format_duration(t_stddev.unwrap(), Some(time_unit));
 
-                console_writeln!(
-                    stdout,
+                println!(
                     "  Time ({} ± {}):     {:>8} ± {:>8}    [User: {}, System: {}]",
                     "mean".green().bold(),
                     "σ".green(),
@@ -384,17 +378,16 @@ impl<'a> Benchmark<'a> {
                     stddev_str.green(),
                     user_str.blue(),
                     system_str.blue()
-                )?;
+                );
 
-                console_writeln!(
-                    stdout,
+                println!(
                     "  Range ({} … {}):   {:>8} … {:>8}    {}",
                     "min".cyan(),
                     "max".purple(),
                     min_str.cyan(),
                     max_str.purple(),
                     num_str.dimmed()
-                )?;
+                );
             }
         }
 
@@ -437,16 +430,15 @@ impl<'a> Benchmark<'a> {
         }
 
         if !warnings.is_empty() {
-            let mut stderr = io::stderr().lock();
-            console_writeln!(stderr, " ")?;
+            eprintln!(" ");
 
             for warning in &warnings {
-                console_writeln!(stderr, "  {}: {}", "Warning".yellow(), warning)?;
+                eprintln!("  {}: {}", "Warning".yellow(), warning);
             }
         }
 
         if self.options.output_style != OutputStyleOption::Disabled {
-            console_writeln!(io::stdout(), " ")?;
+            println!(" ");
         }
 
         self.run_cleanup_command(self.command.get_parameters().iter().cloned(), output_policy)?;

src/benchmark/relative_speed.rs

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub fn compute_with_check_from_reference<'a>(
 pub fn compute_with_check(
     results: &[BenchmarkResult],
     sort_order: SortOrder,
-) -> Option<Vec<BenchmarkResultWithRelativeSpeed<'_>>> {
+) -> Option<Vec<BenchmarkResultWithRelativeSpeed>> {
     let fastest = fastest_of(results);
 
     if fastest.mean == 0.0 {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pub fn compute_with_check(
 pub fn compute(
     results: &[BenchmarkResult],
     sort_order: SortOrder,
-) -> Vec<BenchmarkResultWithRelativeSpeed<'_>> {
+) -> Vec<BenchmarkResultWithRelativeSpeed> {
     let fastest = fastest_of(results);
 
     compute_relative_speeds(results, fastest, sort_order)

src/benchmark/scheduler.rs

@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ use super::executor::{Executor, MockExecutor, RawExecutor, ShellExecutor};
 use super::{relative_speed, Benchmark};
 use colored::*;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::io::{self, Write};
 
 use crate::command::{Command, Commands};
 use crate::export::ExportManager;
 use crate::options::{ExecutorKind, Options, OutputStyleOption, SortOrder};
-use crate::output::console_writeln;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ impl<'a> Scheduler<'a> {
             .options
             .reference_command
             .as_ref()
-            .map(|cmd| Command::new(self.options.reference_name.as_deref(), cmd));
+            .map(|cmd| Command::new(None, cmd));
 
         executor.calibrate()?;
 
@@ -60,13 +58,13 @@ impl<'a> Scheduler<'a> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn print_relative_speed_comparison(&self) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn print_relative_speed_comparison(&self) {
         if self.options.output_style == OutputStyleOption::Disabled {
-            return Ok(());
+            return;
         }
 
         if self.results.len() < 2 {
-            return Ok(());
+            return;
         }
 
         let reference = self
@@ -81,19 +79,17 @@ impl<'a> Scheduler<'a> {
             reference,
             self.options.sort_order_speed_comparison,
         ) {
-            let mut stdout = io::stdout().lock();
             match self.options.sort_order_speed_comparison {
                 SortOrder::MeanTime => {
-                    console_writeln!(stdout, "{}", "Summary".bold())?;
+                    println!("{}", "Summary".bold());
 
                     let reference = annotated_results.iter().find(|r| r.is_reference).unwrap();
                     let others = annotated_results.iter().filter(|r| !r.is_reference);
 
-                    console_writeln!(
-                        stdout,
+                    println!(
                         "  {} ran",
                         reference.result.command_with_unused_parameters.cyan()
-                    )?;
+                    );
 
                     for item in others {
                         let stddev = if let Some(stddev) = item.relative_speed_stddev {
@@ -118,20 +114,18 @@ impl<'a> Scheduler<'a> {
                                 stddev
                             ),
                         };
-                        console_writeln!(
-                            stdout,
+                        println!(
                             "{} {}",
                             comparator,
-                            item.result.command_with_unused_parameters.magenta()
-                        )?;
+                            &item.result.command_with_unused_parameters.magenta()
+                        );
                     }
                 }
                 SortOrder::Command => {
-                    console_writeln!(stdout, "{}", "Relative speed comparison".bold())?;
+                    println!("{}", "Relative speed comparison".bold());
 
                     for item in annotated_results {
-                        console_writeln!(
-                            stdout,
+                        println!(
                             "  {}{}  {}",
                             format!("{:10.2}", item.relative_speed).bold().green(),
                             if item.is_reference {
@@ -141,14 +135,13 @@ impl<'a> Scheduler<'a> {
                             } else {
                                 "        ".into()
                             },
-                            item.result.command_with_unused_parameters,
-                        )?;
+                            &item.result.command_with_unused_parameters,
+                        );
                     }
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            console_writeln!(
-                io::stderr(),
+            eprintln!(
                 "{}: The benchmark comparison could not be computed as some benchmark times are zero. \
                  This could be caused by background interference during the initial calibration phase \
                  of hyperfine, in combination with very fast commands (faster than a few milliseconds). \
@@ -156,10 +149,8 @@ impl<'a> Scheduler<'a> {
                  --shell=none/-N option. If it does not help either, you command is most likely too fast \
                  to be accurately benchmarked by hyperfine.",
                  "Note".bold().red()
-            )?;
+            );
         }
-
-        Ok(())
     }
 
     pub fn final_export(&self) -> Result<()> {

src/cli.rs

@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ fn build_command() -> Command {
                     If this is unset, results are compared with the fastest command as reference."
                 )
         )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::new("reference-name")
-                .long("reference-name")
-                .action(ArgAction::Set)
-                .value_name("CMD")
-                .help("Give a meaningful name to the reference command.")
-                .requires("reference")
-        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("prepare")
                 .long("prepare")
@@ -226,15 +218,9 @@ fn build_command() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new("ignore-failure")
                 .long("ignore-failure")
-                .action(ArgAction::Set)
-                .value_name("MODE")
-                .num_args(0..=1)
-                .default_missing_value("all-non-zero")
-                .require_equals(true)
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .short('i')
-                .help("Ignore failures of the benchmarked programs. Without a value or with \
-                       'all-non-zero', all non-zero exit codes are ignored. You can also provide \
-                       a comma-separated list of exit codes to ignore (e.g., --ignore-failure=1,2)."),
+                .help("Ignore non-zero exit codes of the benchmarked programs."),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("style")

src/command.rs

@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@ impl<'a> Commands<'a> {
             });
             let args: Vec<_> = args.map(|v| v.as_str()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
             let param_names_and_values: Vec<(&str, Vec<String>)> = args
-                .as_chunks::<2>()
-                .0
-                .iter()
+                .chunks_exact(2)
                 .map(|pair| {
                     let name = pair[0];
                     let list_str = pair[1];
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ impl<'a> Commands<'a> {
                 let duplicates =
                     Self::find_duplicates(param_names_and_values.iter().map(|(name, _)| *name));
                 if !duplicates.is_empty() {
-                    bail!("Duplicate parameter names: {}", duplicates.join(", "));
+                    bail!("Duplicate parameter names: {}", &duplicates.join(", "));
                 }
             }
 
@@ -279,8 +277,18 @@ impl<'a> Commands<'a> {
         command_strings: Vec<&'b str>,
     ) -> Result<Vec<Command<'b>>, ParameterScanError> {
         let param_range = RangeStep::new(param_min, param_max, step)?;
+        let param_count = param_range.size_hint().1.unwrap();
         let command_name_count = command_names.len();
 
+        // `--command-name` should appear exactly once or exactly B times,
+        // where B is the total number of benchmarks.
+        if command_name_count > 1 && command_name_count != param_count {
+            return Err(ParameterScanError::UnexpectedCommandNameCount(
+                command_name_count,
+                param_count,
+            ));
+        }
+
         let mut i = 0;
         let mut commands = vec![];
         for value in param_range {
@@ -297,17 +305,6 @@ impl<'a> Commands<'a> {
                 i += 1;
             }
         }
-
-        // `--command-name` should appear exactly once or exactly B times,
-        // where B is the total number of benchmarks.
-        let command_count = commands.len();
-        if command_name_count > 1 && command_name_count != command_count {
-            return Err(ParameterScanError::UnexpectedCommandNameCount(
-                command_name_count,
-                command_count,
-            ));
-        }
-
         Ok(commands)
     }
 
@@ -474,40 +471,6 @@ fn test_build_parameter_scan_commands() {
     assert_eq!(commands[1].get_command_line(), "echo 2");
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn test_build_parameter_scan_commands_named() {
-    use crate::cli::get_cli_arguments;
-    let matches = get_cli_arguments(vec![
-        "hyperfine",
-        "echo {val}",
-        "sleep {val}",
-        "--parameter-scan",
-        "val",
-        "1",
-        "2",
-        "--parameter-step-size",
-        "1",
-        "--command-name",
-        "echo-1",
-        "--command-name",
-        "sleep-1",
-        "--command-name",
-        "echo-2",
-        "--command-name",
-        "sleep-2",
-    ]);
-    let commands = Commands::from_cli_arguments(&matches).unwrap().0;
-    assert_eq!(commands.len(), 4);
-    assert_eq!(commands[0].get_name(), "echo-1");
-    assert_eq!(commands[0].get_command_line(), "echo 1");
-    assert_eq!(commands[1].get_name(), "sleep-1");
-    assert_eq!(commands[1].get_command_line(), "sleep 1");
-    assert_eq!(commands[2].get_name(), "echo-2");
-    assert_eq!(commands[2].get_command_line(), "echo 2");
-    assert_eq!(commands[3].get_name(), "sleep-2");
-    assert_eq!(commands[3].get_command_line(), "sleep 2");
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn test_parameter_scan_commands_int() {
     let commands = Commands::build_parameter_scan_commands(

src/error.rs

@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ use std::num::{self, ParseFloatError, ParseIntError};
 use rust_decimal::Error as DecimalError;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
-#[error(transparent)]
-pub struct ConsoleOutputError(pub std::io::Error);
-
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum ParameterScanError {
     #[error("Error while parsing parameter scan arguments ({0})")]

src/export/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
-use std::io::{self, Write};
+use std::io::Write;
 
 mod asciidoc;
 mod csv;
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use self::orgmode::OrgmodeExporter;
 
 use crate::benchmark::benchmark_result::BenchmarkResult;
 use crate::options::SortOrder;
-use crate::output::console_writeln;
 use crate::util::units::Unit;
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
@@ -145,9 +144,8 @@ impl ExportManager {
                 }
                 ExportTarget::Stdout => {
                     if !intermediate {
-                        let mut stdout = io::stdout().lock();
-                        console_writeln!(stdout)?;
-                        console_writeln!(stdout, "{}", String::from_utf8(content()?).unwrap())?;
+                        println!();
+                        println!("{}", String::from_utf8(content()?).unwrap());
                     }
                 }
             }

src/export/orgmode.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ impl MarkupExporter for OrgmodeExporter {
         format!(
             "| {}  |  {} |\n",
             cells.first().unwrap(),
-            cells[1..].join(" |  ")
+            &cells[1..].join(" |  ")
         )
     }
 

src/main.rs

@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 )]
 
 use std::env;
-use std::io::{self, Write};
 
 use benchmark::scheduler::Scheduler;
 use cli::get_cli_arguments;
 use command::Commands;
-use error::ConsoleOutputError;
 use export::ExportManager;
 use options::Options;
 
@@ -46,29 +44,17 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
 
     let mut scheduler = Scheduler::new(&commands, &options, &export_manager);
     scheduler.run_benchmarks()?;
-    scheduler.print_relative_speed_comparison()?;
+    scheduler.print_relative_speed_comparison();
     scheduler.final_export()?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn caused_by_broken_console_pipe(error: &anyhow::Error) -> bool {
-    error
-        .downcast_ref::<ConsoleOutputError>()
-        .is_some_and(|e| e.0.kind() == io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe)
-}
-
 fn main() {
     match run() {
         Ok(_) => {}
         Err(e) => {
-            // Exit quietly when a reader stops consuming console output early.
-            if caused_by_broken_console_pipe(&e) {
-                std::process::exit(0);
-            }
-            // The write to stderr can itself fail if stderr is closed; the
-            // error message cannot be shown in that case anyway.
-            let _ = writeln!(io::stderr(), "{} {:#}", "Error:".red(), e);
+            eprintln!("{} {:#}", "Error:".red(), e);
             std::process::exit(1);
         }
     }

src/options.rs

@@ -67,16 +67,13 @@ impl Shell {
 }
 
 /// Action to take when an executed command fails.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum CmdFailureAction {
     /// Exit with an error message
     RaiseError,
 
-    /// Ignore all non-zero exit codes
-    IgnoreAllFailures,
-
-    /// Ignore specific exit codes
-    IgnoreSpecificFailures(Vec<i32>),
+    /// Simply ignore the non-zero exit code
+    Ignore,
 }
 
 /// Output style type option
@@ -211,9 +208,6 @@ pub struct Options {
     // Command to use as a reference for relative speed comparison
     pub reference_command: Option<String>,
 
-    // Name of the reference command
-    pub reference_name: Option<String>,
-
     /// Command(s) to run before each timing run
     pub preparation_command: Option<Vec<String>>,
 
@@ -256,7 +250,6 @@ impl Default for Options {
             min_benchmarking_time: 3.0,
             command_failure_action: CmdFailureAction::RaiseError,
             reference_command: None,
-            reference_name: None,
             preparation_command: None,
             conclusion_command: None,
             setup_command: None,
@@ -317,9 +310,6 @@ impl Options {
         options.setup_command = matches.get_one::<String>("setup").map(String::from);
 
         options.reference_command = matches.get_one::<String>("reference").map(String::from);
-        options.reference_name = matches
-            .get_one::<String>("reference-name")
-            .map(String::from);
 
         options.preparation_command = matches
             .get_many::<String>("prepare")
@@ -364,7 +354,8 @@ impl Options {
             _ => {
                 if options
                     .command_output_policies
-                    .contains(&CommandOutputPolicy::Inherit)
+                    .iter()
+                    .any(|policy| *policy == CommandOutputPolicy::Inherit)
                     || !io::stdout().is_terminal()
                 {
                     OutputStyleOption::Basic
@@ -418,21 +409,8 @@ impl Options {
             }
         };
 
-        if let Some(mode) = matches.get_one::<String>("ignore-failure") {
-            options.command_failure_action = match mode.as_str() {
-                "all-non-zero" | "" => CmdFailureAction::IgnoreAllFailures,
-                codes => {
-                    let exit_codes: Result<Vec<i32>, _> = codes
-                        .split(',')
-                        .map(|s| {
-                            s.trim()
-                                .parse::<i32>()
-                                .map_err(|e| OptionsError::IntParsingError("ignore-failure", e))
-                        })
-                        .collect();
-                    CmdFailureAction::IgnoreSpecificFailures(exit_codes?)
-                }
-            };
+        if matches.get_flag("ignore-failure") {
+            options.command_failure_action = CmdFailureAction::Ignore;
         }
 
         options.time_unit = match matches.get_one::<String>("time-unit").map(|s| s.as_str()) {

src/output/mod.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
 pub mod format;
 pub mod progress_bar;
 pub mod warnings;
-
-/// Mark console write errors so broken pipes can be handled separately from file errors.
-macro_rules! console_writeln {
-    ($writer:expr $(, $($args:tt)*)?) => {
-        writeln!($writer $(, $($args)*)?)
-            .map_err($crate::error::ConsoleOutputError)
-    };
-}
-
-pub(crate) use console_writeln;

src/util/randomized_environment_offset.rs

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 /// [1] Mytkowicz, 2009. Producing Wrong Data Without Doing Anything Obviously Wrong!.
 ///     Sigplan Notices - SIGPLAN. 44. 265-276. 10.1145/1508284.1508275.
 pub fn value() -> String {
-    "X".repeat(rand::random_range(0..4096))
+    "X".repeat(rand::random::<usize>() % 4096usize)
 }

tests/common.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use std::process::Command;
 
+use assert_cmd::cargo::CommandCargoExt;
+
 pub fn hyperfine_raw_command() -> Command {
-    let mut cmd = Command::new(assert_cmd::cargo::cargo_bin!("hyperfine"));
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin("hyperfine").unwrap();
     cmd.current_dir("tests/");
     cmd
 }

tests/integration_tests.rs

@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 mod common;
-use common::{hyperfine, hyperfine_raw_command};
+use common::hyperfine;
 
 use predicates::prelude::*;
 
-/// Platform-specific I/O utility.
-/// - On Unix-like systems, defaults to `cat`.
-/// - On Windows, uses `findstr` as an alternative.
-///   See: <https://superuser.com/questions/853580/real-windows-equivalent-to-cat-stdin>
-const STDIN_READ_COMMAND: &str = if cfg!(windows) { "findstr x*" } else { "cat" };
-
 pub fn hyperfine_debug() -> assert_cmd::Command {
     let mut cmd = hyperfine();
     cmd.arg("--debug-mode");
@@ -33,47 +27,6 @@ fn one_run_is_supported() {
         .success();
 }
 
-/// Regression test: hyperfine must not panic when writing to a closed
-/// stdout pipe (e.g. `hyperfine ... | head -n 1` or a downstream process
-/// that terminates early). A `BrokenPipe` error should result in a quiet
-/// exit with code 0 instead of a `println!` panic.
-#[test]
-fn exits_quietly_when_stdout_is_closed() {
-    use std::process::Stdio;
-
-    for args in [
-        vec!["--runs=1", "echo dummy benchmark"],
-        vec!["--runs=1", "--export-json=-", "echo dummy benchmark"],
-        vec!["--runs=1", "echo dummy benchmark", "echo second benchmark"],
-    ] {
-        // A pipe whose read end has been closed before hyperfine is even
-        // started: every write to it will fail with `BrokenPipe`.
-        let (reader, writer) = std::io::pipe().expect("failed to create pipe");
-        drop(reader);
-
-        let output = hyperfine_raw_command()
-            .args(&args)
-            .stdout(writer)
-            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("failed to spawn hyperfine")
-            .wait_with_output()
-            .expect("failed to wait for hyperfine");
-        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
-
-        assert!(
-            !stderr.contains("panicked"),
-            "hyperfine panicked while writing to a closed pipe:\n{}",
-            stderr
-        );
-        assert!(
-            output.status.success(),
-            "hyperfine did not exit cleanly; stderr:\n{}",
-            stderr
-        );
-    }
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn can_run_commands_without_a_shell() {
     hyperfine()
@@ -318,78 +271,6 @@ fn can_run_failing_commands_with_ignore_failure_option() {
         .success();
 }
 
-#[cfg(unix)]
-#[test]
-fn can_ignore_specific_exit_codes() {
-    // Test that specifying exit code 1 ignores it
-    hyperfine()
-        .arg("--runs=1")
-        .arg("--ignore-failure=1")
-        .arg("exit 1")
-        .assert()
-        .success();
-
-    // Test that other exit codes still fail
-    hyperfine()
-        .arg("--runs=1")
-        .arg("--ignore-failure=1")
-        .arg("exit 2")
-        .assert()
-        .failure()
-        .stderr(predicate::str::contains(
-            "Command terminated with non-zero exit code 2",
-        ));
-}
-
-#[cfg(unix)]
-#[test]
-fn can_ignore_multiple_exit_codes() {
-    // Test that all specified exit codes are ignored
-    hyperfine()
-        .arg("--runs=1")
-        .arg("--ignore-failure=1,2,3")
-        .arg("exit 1")
-        .assert()
-        .success();
-
-    hyperfine()
-        .arg("--runs=1")
-        .arg("--ignore-failure=1,2,3")
-        .arg("exit 2")
-        .assert()
-        .success();
-
-    hyperfine()
-        .arg("--runs=1")
-        .arg("--ignore-failure=1,2,3")
-        .arg("exit 3")
-        .assert()
-        .success();
-
-    // Test that other exit codes still fail
-    hyperfine()
-        .arg("--runs=1")
-        .arg("--ignore-failure=1,2,3")
-        .arg("exit 4")
-        .assert()
-        .failure()
-        .stderr(predicate::str::contains(
-            "Command terminated with non-zero exit code 4",
-        ));
-}
-
-#[cfg(unix)]
-#[test]
-fn ignore_failure_with_all_non_zero() {
-    // Test explicit "all-non-zero" mode
-    hyperfine()
-        .arg("--runs=1")
-        .arg("--ignore-failure=all-non-zero")
-        .arg("exit 5")
-        .assert()
-        .success();
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn shows_output_of_benchmarked_command() {
     hyperfine()
@@ -425,7 +306,7 @@ fn can_pass_input_to_command_from_a_file() {
         .arg("--runs=1")
         .arg("--input=example_input_file.txt")
         .arg("--show-output")
-        .arg(STDIN_READ_COMMAND)
+        .arg("cat")
         .assert()
         .success()
         .stdout(predicate::str::contains("This text is part of a file"));
@@ -437,7 +318,7 @@ fn fails_if_invalid_stdin_data_file_provided() {
         .arg("--runs=1")
         .arg("--input=example_non_existent_file.txt")
         .arg("--show-output")
-        .arg(STDIN_READ_COMMAND)
+        .arg("cat")
         .assert()
         .failure()
         .stderr(predicate::str::contains(
@@ -612,18 +493,6 @@ fn shows_benchmark_comparison_relative_to_reference() {
         );
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn shows_reference_name() {
-    hyperfine_debug()
-        .arg("--reference=sleep 2.0")
-        .arg("--reference-name=refabc123")
-        .arg("sleep 1.0")
-        .arg("sleep 3.0")
-        .assert()
-        .success()
-        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("Benchmark 1: refabc123"));
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn performs_all_benchmarks_in_parameter_scan() {
     hyperfine_debug()